'Nope.' He said, sweeping the hair from his eyes again. 'Not that I tried very hard. But nobody would have wanted to go anyway.' He shrugged and said. 'Whatever. Maybe it was fate' He put a hand over his heart, and feigned a thoughtfull face, and looked up. Then laughing, he looked back to her. 'So, now that we're going to the dance, maybe we should get to know eachother.' He laughed again, 'So we don't suddenly find out while we're there that we hate eachother's guts.'